Two years ago was my first Mother's Day after my daughter moved away to college. My husband and son took me to see the movie Wolverine on Mother's Day. My perfect Mother's Day would be doing anything but seeing Wolverine. ;)

Spending the day in the beautiful Flint Hills of Kansas with my 2kids, my mom and MIL. I love family get togethers! Letting the men in our lives grill, make homeade ice cream and clean up after us wouldn't be bad either!

I don't know what I would choose for myself for Mother's Day as an ideal gift, but I have hinted (rather blatantly) to my husband that i'd like one of your necklaces. :) Also gardening tools. Or flowers. I am pretty easy. Get me a spade and I am happy! :D

A day of harmony, one filled with children's sweet voices speaking kindly, helping hands before being asked, from sunrise to sundown a house filled with a spirit of peace and love, no guilty feelings on my part about how I haven't measured up as a mother, just contented harmony for the day....winning your gift certificate is far more realistic even if odds are one in a million, but I can dream, right?

Since I'm not a mother, my ideal mother's day gift would be to be able to do something really special for my mom. If I could have the resourses to pay off her house, or eleviate a major expense that would be awesome. She's retired but still working & so I'd like to give her the ability to not worry.

ANYTHING would be great for Mother's Day. I hardly ever get anything- and I have 4 kids. Yes, I get the handmade cards from school and such, but the daddy should praise the mother of his kids on this day as well! shanna.u(at)gmail(dot)com

My guys already gave me the perfect Mother's Day gift and they don't even know it. We spent last weekend on a road trip...we left home in storm warnings, drove through blinding rain (and lightning), got soaked, had a flat tire, and spent three days driving through the Kansas that I love. We left with little idea of where we were going, just knowing that we had to be home by Sunday. We drove back roads, visited historical markers (because), ate and ate and ate, and acted like idiots, together. They never batted an eye when I said, "Wait, I need a picture of this!" as we could see the fields burning against the evening sky. *sigh* It was fabulous!

Mother's Day is gonna be a tough one this year...first one without my Mom. So I would like for that day to be happy, busy with my family, plant some flowers, dinner at my fav rest...and no bickering from the kids! HA!...keep dreaming on that one!

Well, I wish I had my mother still here- but I don't. I would love to give the one with the camera - Capture Life - to my daughter who is a mother. I think we need to slow down and learn to live and really capture life as we live it.

My ideal Mother's Day gift would be a wrapped necklace from YOU! :) And a day full of my favorite movies with Peeps and popcorn and my other favorite foods where I don't have to do laundry or dishes or bath time.

I'm not a mother. BUT the ideal gift for my mom would be having all of us kids (my 2 siblings are away at college-3 & 7 hours away-and i live 5 hours away)surprise her on mother's day (& possibly gift her a special something from the rusted chain!).

Hi I am loving this blog, I am a follower now too, hope to win, I would love to have all 5 of my grown children sitting beside in Church Easter Sunday, I know about 3 will be there, but wish the rest were too, thanks for the chance to win. Hugs Barbara from http://bakinnbitsbarbara.blogspot.com/

I have loved mother's day so much more the past couple of years since I've gotten married because my mother in-law is the MOST wonderful woman in the world - we love sending her something for her special day because she is always so sweet and loves everything! I think something shiny and personalized would beat last year's flowers, though, hands down ;)

A day filled with time together as a family (husband, daughter, son-in-law and two granddaughters) ... church, lunch, playing at the part or riding bicycles. And also a phone call from son who lives in Texas.

I would like to hear something, anything from my twin step-son. Last year got blown off (forgotten) the year before we had just gotten back from our honeymoon. I just want to feel like I'm making some progress. So I guess I'd like a break.....

Right now I just want to say sleep because it's 12:30 and my 3 year old (my oldest of 3) is still awake and my to do before bed list is still a mile long. In my more sane, composed, and less sleep deprived state I'm sure I would say something sweet like their hugs and kisses or dandelions they pick for me from our back yard.

I'd love to be able to hug my mom and tell her how strong and brave she is, how she's taught me to be hardworking and a servant, to take her somewhere and spoil her. She deserves a special day after the year she's had.

Ah, just found your blog via T@iy@ at mycargoofjoy.blogspot.com and immediately lost myself clicking around and reading. I didn't follow you for the entry, so you know...I followed because I really enjoyed reading and will be back. :-) That said, my ideal Mother's Day will be the one I actually have planned with my 82 year old mom, her best friend of over 40 years, my elderly neighbor-who-is-like-family who recently lost her only (grown) child, my friend who has had both daughters (18 and 21) do many ignorant things and are now out of state and my own 19 year old son. The bunch of us are our own little family, minus 3 this Mother's Day, but I'm still reminded again how blessed I am to have them all even though most of them do stay on my very last nerve.

My ideal Mother's Day would start at church surrounded by my hubby and kids, there will be the Blessing of Mother's, I'll have tears of joy and gratitude, then spend the day with my family with them treating me and my mom like Queen Bees. We've been doing this for forever and I don't want it to change EVER! BTW..."queens" love necklaces ;-)

Hmm... so I just read the "rules." I was supposed to post my ideal Mother's Day gift. Oops. I'm actually still waiting to cash in my gift from last year. A night at a hotel... alone. I guess since I haven't used it yet I should get another one this year. Then I would get 2 nights!! Awesome.

Hi must say as a momma of 6 beautiful children here age 16 and under, and 1 in heaven (lost to miscarriage Jan 20 2011). I get my favorite gift every year. A nice homecooked breakfast,a handfull of picked dandilions to start my day.

We go to Mass on Saturday nights...

Then hubby and a few of my younger kiddos plant pony packs of flowers in my patio containers.(While I take pictures)

Then we have a nice steak BBQ dinner and eat sitting out back watching the kiddos play on the sports court and swing set!

Ideal mothers day gift would be my 3 girls handing me envelopes...one with a spa package in it. One with plane tickets for the hubs and I to get away somewhere exclusive where all plans were made, and the third being homemade cards from my girlies. Alot to wish for I know.

my ideal mother's day gift (to my own momma, i'm not a momma yet!) would be some family portraits.. which hopefully we will get to do soon! i know she would love it so, so much. thanks for doing this giveaway :)

My ideal Mother's Day would be 1) not having to work (work in a hospital so don't have a choice there!) and 2) having my dd home from college & getting to spend a leisurely day together with her, ds & dh.

An ideal Mother's Day gift for me would be a spa visit or luncheon with my mom, sister and daughter...but actually, I can't think of a better present than the gift of time spent together, which becomes more precious to me every day.

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